are expected to provide their own uniforms and equipment. even within a single department training requirements can vary widely. joining me now peter moskos and author of cop in the hood. peter, i did not know about this institution so maybe let s start with the specific case and move to the general. in this specific case i feel like how is it how is it that this guy is brought along on what police are anticipate something going to be an undercover gun buy and therefore will have some element of danger? this guy i don t know if there s cause and effect but gave money to the sheriff s campaign. the sheriff is an elected official. that s part of the problem. he s a politician so he gives him a couple thousand dollars and donates cars to the tulsa county sheriff s department and then somehow he has access to the motion dangerous part of police work. this was an undercover gun buy.
reserve officers at 400,000. while some reserve officers receive modest compensation, most work without pay, and many are expected to provide their own uniforms and equipment. even within a single department, training requirements can vary widely. joining me now, former baltimore police officer peter moskos, author of cop in the hood. peter, i did not know about this institution, so maybe let s start with the specific case and move to the general. in this specific case i feel like how is it how is it that this guy is brought along on what police are anticipating is going to be an undercover gun buy and, therefore, will have some element of danger? this guy i don t know if there s cause and effect, but this guy gave money to the sheriff s campaign. the sheriff is an elected official. that s part of the problem. he s a politician, so he gives him a couple thousand dollars and donates cars to the tulsa county sheriff s department, and then somehow he has access to
that should be happening in the city. all right ryan thank you very much. i want to bring in now scott wood deputy robert bates attorney. i appreciate you coming back to talk to us. he s been referred to by your colleague, they say some people are painting your client in a bad and sinister light. let me just ask you about this fundamental question, though because you heard ryan young laying out that he bought cars donated to the sheriff s re-election campaign. there are people who say that adds up to him essentially paying his way onto the force. paying to play. erin that s not true. i know it s being said repeatedly. but that s not the case. deputy bates had all the requisite training and experience. i think i mentioned that last night that he had been involved in over 100 of these types of operations. and if you look at the layout of where they were when this gun
they too asked why wasn t something done. months after that massacre, senators showed overwhelming support for backward checks failed to pass appeal. apparently it is possible, at least in australia. in 1996 after a gunman killed 35 people and wounded 18 others, australians collectively decided shot to follow what then prime minister john howard called the american way on guns. they banned automatic and semiautomatic weapons and had a gun buy back for high powered and rapid fire rifles. last year, john howard wrote a new york times opinion piece saying i went after guns, obama can too. he said in the 18 years before the 1996 reforms, australia
create gun license, create, ensure guns were locked up safely at gun clubs. make sure that farmers if they needed them had to get a license for shot guns. even people s old family heirlooms were given into this gun buy back because people were shocked how one man with several guns could kill 35 because he was mentally ill. one of the differences, obviously, between our two countries is we have in gun rights advocates would make this argument we have enshrined in our constitution a mention of the right to bear arms. there are those who interpret it as a militia, for a force to bear arms but it s right in our constitution just like we have freedom of the press in our constitution which does not exist in the constitutions of other countries. does that play a role when people look at the united states? do people consider that that s one of the reasons there s a tradition of gun ownership here? look, i m an observer in your country and i don t want to